Glazing-strip.



Nd. 889,412. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

W. P. TENNEY.

GLAZINGSTR A PPLIOATION FILED JUN 907.

A TTOR/VE 1 5 W1 TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. TENNEY, OF PORT ALLEGANY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLAZING-STRIP.

' a thoroughly water proof oint may be made at the edges of the panes and which will further hold the panes in position against all ordinary strains.

A further object of the invention is to provide a glazing strip which may be readily placed in position without the exercise of any special mechanical skill, and which is easy to apply and more effective and lasting in use than putty and similar initially plastic substances.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved means for holding the glazing strips in place and wedging the same tightly against the glass and supporting rail.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being under.- stood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a portion of a greenhouse roof, sky-light, or the like provided with a glazing strip constructed in accordance with the invention. sectional view of a portion of the same showing one of the securing devices. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view illustrating a slight modification. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a further modification. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating a still further modification of the strip.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention, a strip 10 formed of felt or other yieldable, or partly absorbent material, is secured to a strip of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1907.

Fig. 2 is a' Patented June 2, 1908.

Serial No. 378,602.

metal 11 by any suitable cement. This compound strip is preferably of a thickness about equal to the thickness of the pane of glass and is placed at the edges of the pane and secured in place by nails 15 which are driven into the projecting portion of the rail A, the inner or pointed ends of the nails being wedge shaped in order that they may be pressed down firmly against the metal strip 11. The heads of the nails are provided with downwardly extended flanges 16 which engage over the exposed edge of the compound strip, so that as the nails are driven in place the stri will be forced very tightly against the rail A and the metal of the strip may be partly embedded in the wood in order to form a tight joint. The joints are then covered by a fluid putty as indicated at 17 in order to form a thoroughly water proof connection and prevent injury to the plants from the entrance of water.

Where the strip is to be partly embedded in the wood, it may be formed with a sharpened edge as indicated at 18 in Fig. 3, or the edge may be serrated as indicated at 19 in Fig. 4

in order to more firmly hold the strip in place.

In the construction shown in Fig; 5, the upper edge of the strip is provided with a downwardly bent flange 20 which serves to protect the outer edge of the felt or similar cushioning material.

This glazing strip may be'readily applied without the necessity of employing skilled labor, and will hold the panes of glass in place more securely than putty or similar se strip having a sharpened edge arranged to embed in the rail, and a laterally compressible cushioning strip secured to said metallic strip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. TENNEY.

Witnesses:

FLOYD L. CARPENTER, W. K. CHRISTIE. 

